I am a super hero and comic book junkie.....yes I admit that. Ever since I was a little boy I loved reading about the exploits of The Mighty Thor, The Batman, The Amazing Spiderman and The X-Men. There is something about the need of good always balancing out evil and sometimes the need of those on both sides of the line to hide their true identity for whatever reason that they felt they had to. Tried as I might I could never find a video game that allowed me to explore my own ideas for hero and villain characters. That is until July 6th 2004. On that day I joined City Of Heroes.
I had first heard about the game in April in a video game magazine and even though the preview was only 3 paragraphs long, it had my attention as it stated that you would be able to create your own hero characters, name them and choose their powers. I knew I needed to play this game. You see I love to write and my favorite part of most video games are the character creation options. This game was boasting to have the best character creation tool out of all the games on the market (and it still does!!!) so I ordered it on eBay in June with a pre paid game card and on July 6th 2004 I entered Paragon City for the first time.
The first character I created a concept I have had for many years and wrote many short stories about and also used as an efed (role play by email) wrestling federation. His full name was Nightmare "The Fallen Angel" but since that was much too long for the name field I thought Nightmare was too evil sounding for a hero. So I used just The Fallen Angel portion of the name. The biography I had written in game has evolved as I flesh out the character more but it has remained intact overall the last few years.
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This is The Fallen Angel. He is a blaster of a mutant origin who uses energy for long range attacks and melee attacks for high damage. His trade mark to me is his hood. It is to him what the red cape is to Superman, the cape and cowl is to The Batman or the shield of Captain America. He also has the power of flight and has multiple costumes and even a alter ego costume. It is hard to believe that this July will be my 6th year of playing this great game. I have only been unsubscribed for a total of 1 month in almost 6 years.
NCSoft has since released a paid expansion called City Of Villains which allows you to bring your most dastardly and evil creations to life. It added alot of different aspects to the existing game and different character archetypes. This July NCSoft is releasing the second paid expansion for the City Of Heroes franchise. Titled City Of Heroes - Going Rogue, it is going to open up an alternate reality to our universe, almost a mirror universe where things are somewhat backwards to the way they are in game right now. It will also give the ability for heroes and villains to switch sides. This is huge as the hero world and villain world are separate and you are contained to your own world.
If it sounds like a game you would want to try, hit me up on my facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=716960399 . My in game chat name is @The Fallen Angel and I play on the Freedom Server. I have equal numbers of heroes and villains and would love to see any new blood into the game.
Justice is calling......do you have the courage to accept the charges?!?!?!?!
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